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Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

WI

derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

suddenly extinguished. His whole body was taken by

unnervingly silent, and I started

couldn’t stop

“Is something the matter?”

his voice startled me. I looked up in shock, my mouth

happened?”

som flower in full

you wanted one,” he said, handing the flower to

I stared at the flower. “How

and the darkness seemed to seep in all around me again until

shouted, wishing

to grab him, and that was when I no ticed the

the fabric of my pants, and

was coming from

“Are you

at me. I could see the whites of the eyes behind his mask, but in that stare, I saw no traces of

stopped, but the blood continued

from me-I realized he was dead and

of my chest as my eyes flew open and the blackness faded

up in bed and

Right. The palace.

what had happened yesterday in the prince’s office. It was no wonder i’d

that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that anyone

I couldn’t go back to sleep. Not after

got out of bed and decided to head to the gar den for a bit of fresh air. Being outside

morning air was crisp so I inhaled deeply, feeling more optimistic

wished that my father were here so he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons

with traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them in, looking at the glorious pink and gold

all right. I just knew it. Peace fulness settled around me, and I found a measure of content ment in the solace of the

and they quickly ushered

of something crashing hard to the

then I heard what I thought were growls, followed by muttered curse words

I immediately recognized

Theo. He was being attacked… again. Really, how hated was he that this kept

Prince was clearly gaining an upper hand, I decided it would be best to get back inside. But as I began to move, I stepped on

Shoot!

my knees behind the bushes, I tried to hide myself,

ended shortly. Just then, I heard a familiar voice order, “Come out now, or

tempt at self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face, messing up my hair and putting leaves and

he wouldn’t want to look at me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole survivor of the

was hard.

halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then I dropped my head so that I wasn’t staring at places that I

sound of approaching footsteps on the path behind him gave me a bit

okay?” The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped

are you doing here?” Instead of replying to

only passing by, Your Highness,” I said

it. “You may look

I tried to come up with an excuse he might like for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the

who has tried to approach me since last night.” His voice was a low rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over

tried to remind him,

that she caused him to get away?” | as sumed he was referring to

glanced at me and dared

I felt fear coursing through my body. He took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted for worry of what would hap pen if I

hear me?” His words were as cold as ice